Christmas Critters

 Good morning, its time to start a new challenge over at 'My Time To Craft Christmas' for the next fortnight our theme is....

CHRISTMAS CRITTERS

so get your cute stamps out & join in with us!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Penguin Oops!' by Whimsy Stamps

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in pink

Right Penguin- ice grey shades, ice grey blend & burnt orange blend

Scarf & earmuffs- burnt orange blend

Left Penguin- ice grey shades, ice grey blend, burnt orange blend & fair skin blend

Scarf- alpine green blend

Hat- dark red blend & ice grey blend

Icicles- aqua blue blend, blender & light cobalt turquoise

Snow- light cobalt turquoise

Wall- warm grey III

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Snowflakes' by Phill Martin for Sentimentally Yours

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'red & black' card from the A4 stacks by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Baby Blue by Tattered Lace'

'funky alphabet' from Die Cutting Essentials Special Edition #7

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous 'Christmas Critter' creations the DT have made.

I will be back on the 1st of October, until then stay safe xx

Pumpkins Galore

 Good morning & welcome to the start of a new challenge over at 'Cardz 4 Galz' where for the next fortnight our theme is ...

AUTUMNAL

here in the middle of the UK its starting to feel a bit Autumnal, its defiantly gone colder this last week! I've had to have the heating on lol!!

Anyhoos, here's my make 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Gals Corner- fall

Paper Funday- autumn

Make My Monday- autumn/fall

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Scene It Around' by Clearly Besotted

Images- 'Fall Fun' by Clearly Besotted

Everblend Markers by Arteza in pink

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz in red

Hippo- CG08 cool grey 08, warm grey V & cold grey IV

Pumpkins- YR04 cheddar orange, sanguine, terracotta, BR63 churro brown & van dyck brown

Trunks- BR47 pastel orange & van dyck brown

Leaves- burnt carmine, light cadmium red, cadmium orange, dark chrome yellow & light chrome yellow

Grass- YG48 creamy green & permanent green

Path- WG08 warm grey 08, burnt umber & van dyck brown

Shadow- dark sepia, cold grey V & cold grey III

Embossing- fossilized amber, scattered straw & candied apple

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'tangerine' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose

Sizzix Bigshot

'hummingbird' embossing folder by Apple Blossom

images stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'autumnal' creations the DT have made.

A Bit Batty!

Just a real quick post from me today...busy day ahead!

I'm here to share my latest DT make for 'Sheepski Designs' where as always our theme is 

ATG

but our optional theme this month is

I SPY....B

so I thought I'd get ahead & make our Katie's Halloween card using Andreas fabulous Bats!

I had so much fun making this card, even if I did end up covered in paint & ink lol!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Bit Batty' by Sheepski Designs

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in pink

Distress Inks by Tim Holtz in red

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in green

Branch- gold brown shades

Bats- ice grey shades, ice grey blend, black & dark indigo

Stars- silver paint

Moon- antique linen, tea dye, vintage photo & mustard seed

Sky- black soot

Text- mustard seed

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'blue' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'distress splatter' embossing folder by Sheena Douglas (moon)

'circle' die cut by X-Cut

Scan & Cut

'bats' free SVG

text- Bengal font (free download)

stars done using my speckling brush by Frisk

'slimline/DL white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back on the 24th, until the take care xx

 

Always Be A Unicorn

This is my first post of the day, please pop back later to see another DT make xx

I'm here today to share my latest make for the 'Incy Wincy' design team. This fortnight our themes are...

RAINBOW/MULTICOLOUR

or

MONSTERS

I went for both!!

I just knew what I was going to do as soon as I saw this image. So I printed it out 5 times & layered it up! Hope you like it!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Unicorn Crowd' by Oddball Art

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz in pink

Monsters- blue turquoise blend, jade green blend, gold yellow blend, dusty purple blend, bright pink blend, citrus blend, aqua blue blend, dark red blend, antique pink blend, orange blend, burnt orange blend, jade green shades & blue turquoise shades

Grass- spun sugar

Clouds- seedless preserves

Papers & Embellishments

'white colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Pink Frog

'red' card form the 12 x 12 stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Stix2' 3mm foam pads

'grass lass' die cut by Heffy Doodles (used cut like a stencil)

'cloudy skies' stencil by Heffy Doodles

'Slimline/DL white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, don't forget to pop back later to see my 'Sheepski' DT creation

Take care xx

Bee Happy

 Good morning fellow crafters. I'm here today to share my latest DT creation with you for 'My Time To Craft' where for the next fortnight our theme will be....

EMBOSSING 

HEAT or DRY

I decided to use both on my creation. I dry embossed the hexagons & heat embossed the glasses on the bee!

I used WOW clear embossing powders on his glasses

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Creative Knockouts- wings & things

Paper Shelter- animals

Passion 4 Markers- beginning with B (bumble bees, blooms & blue)

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Bee Happy' by Hello Bluebird Stamps

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Nuvo Markers by Tonic in pink 

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red

Stems & leaves- alpine green blend

Flowers- lavender blend & pale pink shades

Bees- ice grey shades , indian saffron, bright sunflower & lemon drops

Wings- aqua blue blend

Sky- salty ocean

Grass- mowed lawn

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'purple' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'grassy lass' die cuts by Heffy Doodles (used like a stencil)

'cloudy skies' stencil by Heffy Doodles

'plain hexagon' die cuts by Apple Blossom

'swiss dots' embossing folder by Provocraft

clear embossing powder by WOW!

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great weekend. I will be back on the 20th. Take care xx

Cuddles

 Morning, I hope you are all well!

I'm here today to share my latest DT make for 'Creatalicious'. Where for the next fortnight we have a great theme for you, which is.....

FREINDS

we are sponsored by the fabulous 'Polkadoodles' so make sure you check out what the prize is!

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Cuddles' by Polkadoodles

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in pink

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red

Skin- fair skin blend & medium flesh

Hair- light yellow blend, nougat & bistre

Hat- antique pink blend & vintage blue blend

Flowers- light yellow blend, dark naples ochre, alpine green blend & ice green blend

Dress- antique pink bland & ice grey blend

Tights- vintage blue blend & ice grey blend

Puppy- muted brown blend

Shadow- ice grey blend

Sky- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

DP- 'vintage' Gorjuss Girls by Santoro

'turquoise' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

My stash- 3mm black pearls

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'stitched rectangles' Thinlits by Sizzix

sentiment from the 'Telegraph Road' set by Kaisercraft

sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'white' Uniball pen

'6" square white card blank

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'friends' creations the DT have made. I will be back on the 17th, so until then stay safe xx

Gingerbread Hugs

 Its time for a new challenge over at 'My Time To Craft Christmas' where for the next fortnight we have an inspirational photo for you. You will find the photo here, or at the end of my post.

You can take inspiration in many forms from this, this images, the colours, the shapes! As long as we can see where your inspiration is from your good to enter

I decided to use an Elisabeth Bell image, I just love this cute image. It made me think of our daughter & Grandson last Christmas when he was only 6months old!

Ok. so I took inspiration from the gingerbread cookie & the stripes of the candy cane 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Gingerbread Hugs' by Elisabeth Bell

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir 

Momma- earth brown blend, coral shades, ice blue blend & magenta blend

Scarf- ice grey blend & coral shades

Hat- magenta blend & ice grey blend

Holly- alpine green blend 

Berries- dark red blend

Baby- muted brown blend, ice blue blend & coral shades

Ground- aqua blue blend

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Pink Frog

'red' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

My stash- sentiment

sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

Scor-pal for backing

'6" square white card blank

This fortnight inspirational photo

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back on the 15th until the take care xx

Love Notes

 A new challenge is starting today, over at 'Cardz 4 Galz' Where for the next fortnight our theme is....

STENCILS

so get you inks out & join in with us!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Sisterhood of Crafters- CAS (cute & simple)

Crafty Animals- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Love Notes' by Clearly Besotted

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Prism Inks by Hunkydory in pink

Hippo- ice grey blend

Brush- coral shades, gold yellow blend & muted brown blend

Splat- blue lagoon

Shadow- aqua blue blend

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'blue' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'splat it' stencil by Clearly Besotted

image stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'stencil' creations the DT have made to help inspire you!

I will be back tomorrow, take care xx

To UTEE Or Not To UTEE?

 Hi there fellow crafters, I hope you are all well.

This is my DT creation for 'Get Creative' we are sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy' so Make sure you pop over here & see what you can win!

Now I'm hoping you will all give me an answer by the end of this post...

To UTEE or not to UTEE!

I love playing with embossing powders & came across a video on YouTube explaining about Utee, me I've never heard of this stuff before...so after some research I decided I NEEDED some. Lol.... so I made my purchase & waiting patiently for it to arrive. I thought it would look so good over my coloured seahorse. So when it arrived I played.....half way through melting my Utee & loving the look, my ancient heat gun went poof...literally it went poof, smoke & smells & all sorts of wrongness going on!

So I ordered a new heat gun, a hair dryer shaped one this time tho. Managed to finish my project off & I absolutely love the look. Its not smooth tho, which I think makes it look more like water than glass. Anyhoos what do you think, I have posted before & after pictures xx

I think adding the Utee, its made the colours brighter!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Dream Valley- make it digital

Use Your Stuff- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Beautiful Seahorse' Fabrika Fantasy

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Panpastels in red

Seahorse- deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium orange, dark chrome yellow, cadmium yellow, pink carmine, light magenta, dark indigo, violet, light red violet, crimson, bluish turquoise, cobalt turquoise & cobalt green

Starfish- phthalo blue, middle phthalo blue & light phthalo blue

Fish- dark red & deep scarlet red

Seaweed- juniper green, earth green yellowish, may green, hookers green & leaf green

Sea- ultramarine blue tint & ultramarine blue shade

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'blue' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

clear ultra thick embossing powder by Ranger

thread cutter for distressed edges

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous things the 'Get Creative DT' have made.

I will be back on the 9th, stay safe xx

Pickles & Sharkie!

Good morning, welcome to my blog I hope you are all well!

I'm here today to share my latest DT creation which is for 'Incy Wincy' our themes for this fortnight are...

DOTS

STRIPES

CHECKS

I decided to use just the one, but you can use more! 

We are sponsored by 'Colour of Love' this fortnight, so make sure you enter for the chance to win a fabulous prize. You can find the details here!

I decided to cover my image with holographic sparkle embossing glitter, to give it a watery look!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

We Love to Create- anything creative

Crafters Castle ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Pickles & Sharkie' by Colour of Love

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell

Sharkie- warm grey IV, warm grey III, cold grey III, medium flesh, light flesh & ultramarine

Pickles- black, blue violet, emerald green & leaf green

Seaweed- permanent green olive, grass green, hookers green, emerald green, deep scarlet red, cadmium orange, manganese violet & fuchsia

Water sky blue

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Pink Frog

DP- 'chalkboard' 12 x 12 stack by Craft Sensations

'black' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Versamark Ink

'clear hologram sparkle' embossing glitter by Wow!

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous creations the DT have made.

I will be back on the 10th, so until then take care xx

Cute-A-Saurus

 I've got a busy card day today, 3 cards to post, so make sure you pop back later! Firstly I'm here to share my latest 'A Place To Start' DT creation. Our theme this month is....

PATTERNED PAPERS

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Bitten By The Bug- birthday

Dragonfly Dreams- birthday

Fairy & Unicorn- fantasy 

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- Cute- A-Saurus' by Kraftin' Kimmie

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz in red

Dino- antique pink blend, vintage blue blend & ice grey blend

Flowers- antique pink blend, dusty purple blend, light yellow blend & alpine green blend

Shadow- ice grey shades & ice grey blend

Surround- spun sugar

Spots- white Uniball pen

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

DP- 'Holly Hobbie' Christmas Joy Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine freebie 

'turquoise' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D glue with tools'

Sizzix Bigshot

'scalloped circle' die cut First Edition

'circle' die cut by X-Cut

'banner' die cut 'Hello There' set by Diamond Press

images stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab 'patterned paper' creations the DT have made to help inspire you.

I will be back later, so until then take care xx